8 Grossest Candies

I adore Halloween. It’s the one time each year when our white gloves come off and we can indulge in any manner of blood, gore, guts, and all things gruesome. It’s the time to get down and dirty, embrace our fantasies in costume, and practice ritualized extortion for treats!

I love that Halloween wasn’t borne out of Hallmark’s desire to sell greeting cards. The holiday†stems from the ancient†Gaelic festival of Samhain which celebrated the end of the harvest season and the ensuing preparations for winter. The Gaels believed that at this time, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased could reach back into life and wreak havoc such with disease or ruined crops.

Some of these themes survive, but we have managed to snowball the who shebang into something all-entirely different. Namely: a candy extravaganza, with†nearly $2 billion dollars spent on the spook-some sticky stuff last year. This year, more than 35 million pounds of candy corn alone will be produced. That is equal to nine billion pieces–Ěenough to circle the moon nearly four times if placed end-to-end.

But Halloween candy has taken a turn to the dark side as well. No longer candy corn, mini-chocolate bars, and lollipops–the novelty candy market has invaded the scene like a pack of zombies. Here is a selection of the creepiest, goriest, and downright grossest of the ghoulish goodies on the market. Aside from the frightening ingredients, the candy concepts here are the stuff of shudders!

Toxic Waste CandyCall in the EPA.†Each collectible container is shaped like an over-flowing drum of Toxic Waste and comes packed with an assortment of super-sour flavors.

1. Experience a long lasting blast of extreme sour flavor from the outside layer.
2. Next, enjoy the sweet great tasting sweet candy middle layer.
3. Then, just when you thought it was over….it’s not! Toxic Waste has the only Double-Action Sour Flavor on the planet. Hidden deep inside each Toxic Waste candy is a top secret super-sour core.

Nose Nuggets GumIf you’ve always dreamt of being able to tote around a bag of boogers, here’s your chance. Each cloth satchel of Nose Nuggets is filled with freshly-picked sweet green apple-flavored gum.

I don't believe the article was intended to be considered either healthy or environmentally correct in any way, shape, or form. It was merely informing us of the "grossest" candies currently available. They probably shouldn't be consumed by children or adults regardless of age because of the countries of origin and their lack of regulatory oversight and for all the sugar and chemicals each contains. Eat at your own risk......

Kids should not be eating any of these candies; they are full of chemicals, food dyes and not to mention sugar and many of these products are made in other countries. How about the "plastic" throw away containers they come in. I don't mean to "bah humbug" Halloween but this article is not healthy or environmentally friendly....